The Pain Assault arc might be one of the greatest arc in Naruto but it robbed Neji and Rock Lee of a chance to show what they ...

Nevertheless, his death served an important narrative purpose ... The last thing on his mind was thoughts of his student Naruto as the Pain’s Assault Arc began to show its teeth to the fandom ...

Jiraiya's death forced Naruto to grow up into the shinobi he needed to be to save the world and break the cycle of hatred that infected Pain and Sasuke. Although Jiraiya wasnâ t resurrected ...

Neji's death in Naruto was incredibly unexpected ... After infiltrating Amegakure and investigating Pain's identity, Jiraiya suffers a terrible defeat, having his throat crushed and being impaled ...